Devouring Whirlwind
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Devouring Whirlwind
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Author : Will H Rockett
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1988-11-17
Devouring Whirlwind written by Will H Rockett and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-11-17 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
As the popularity of the genre increases and special effects are pushed to greater extremes of terror and cruelty, more and more people have begun to wonder, what is the attraction of horror films? Do they have any socially redeeming features? Rockett offers some surprising and provocative answers to these questions in his analysis of the cinema of cruelty. First commenting on our fascination with experiences that transcend the world of ordinary reality, he looks at film as a means of expressing the dark side of human nature. Next, he examines the essential ingredients that go into the making of a horror film, the variations that are found within the genre, and the links between the best horror cinema and Artaud's Theatre of Cruelty. Echoing Artaud, Rockett argues that human beings are attracted to horror in films because of an unconscious craving for a reality in which the demonic supernatural acts as a living whirlwind, devouring the darkness and bringing viewers closer to the transcendence they are actually seeking. The final chapter shows how the finest works in the horror genre achieve this underlying aim. He discusses filmmakers such as Roman Polanski, who have been able to provide the realism and artistic quality that contemporary audiences demand while preserving the ambiguity and terror necessary to experience the power of transcendent force. Rockett's skillful and imaginative exploration of the subject will be appreciated by scholars and general readers concerned with popular culture, film, literature, drama, and contemporary social issues.
Devouring Whirlwind
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Author : Will H Rockett
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1988-11-17
Devouring Whirlwind written by Will H Rockett and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-11-17 with Performing Arts categories.
As the popularity of the genre increases and special effects are pushed to greater extremes of terror and cruelty, more and more people have begun to wonder, what is the attraction of horror films? Do they have any socially redeeming features? Rockett offers some surprising and provocative answers to these questions in his analysis of the cinema of cruelty. First commenting on our fascination with experiences that transcend the world of ordinary reality, he looks at film as a means of expressing the dark side of human nature. Next, he examines the essential ingredients that go into the making of a horror film, the variations that are found within the genre, and the links between the best horror cinema and Artaud's Theatre of Cruelty. Echoing Artaud, Rockett argues that human beings are attracted to horror in films because of an unconscious craving for a reality in which the demonic supernatural acts as a living whirlwind, devouring the darkness and bringing viewers closer to the transcendence they are actually seeking. The final chapter shows how the finest works in the horror genre achieve this underlying aim. He discusses filmmakers such as Roman Polanski, who have been able to provide the realism and artistic quality that contemporary audiences demand while preserving the ambiguity and terror necessary to experience the power of transcendent force. Rockett's skillful and imaginative exploration of the subject will be appreciated by scholars and general readers concerned with popular culture, film, literature, drama, and contemporary social issues.
A New Literal Version Of The Book Of Psalms
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Author : Stephen Street
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1790
A New Literal Version Of The Book Of Psalms written by Stephen Street and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1790 with categories.
Wolfenberg
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Author : William Black
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892
Wolfenberg written by William Black and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1892 with categories.
The Works Of Thomas Carlyle History Of Friedrich Ii Of Prussia Called Frederick The Great
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Author : Thomas Carlyle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
The Works Of Thomas Carlyle History Of Friedrich Ii Of Prussia Called Frederick The Great written by Thomas Carlyle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with categories.
History Of Friedrich The Second Called Frederick The Great
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Author : Thomas Carlyle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1865
History Of Friedrich The Second Called Frederick The Great written by Thomas Carlyle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1865 with Prussia (Germany) categories.
The Works Of Thomas Carlyle
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Author : Thomas Carlyle
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1898
The Works Of Thomas Carlyle written by Thomas Carlyle and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with categories.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was one of the most influential authors of the nineteenth century. Eagerly studied at the highest level of intellectual society, his satirical essays and perceptive historical biographies caused him to be regarded for much of the Victorian period as a literary genius and eminent social philosopher. After graduating from Edinburgh University in 1814, he published his first scholarly work on German literature in 1824, before finding literary success with his history of the French Revolution in 1837. After falling from favour during the first part of the twentieth century, his work has more recently become the subject of scholarly re-examination. His introduction of German literature and philosophy into the British intellectual milieu profoundly influenced later philosophical and literary studies. These volumes are reproduced from the 1896 Centenary Edition of his collected works. Volume 17 contains the sixth volume of The Life of Frederick the Great.
African Film Cultures
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Author : Añuli Agina
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2017-08-21
African Film Cultures written by Añuli Agina and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-21 with Performing Arts categories.
The growing body of films in and around Africa, and the seemingly incongruent growth in African film scholarship, suggests the need for new perspectives, approaches and insights into film cultures in Africa. Although it is impossible to capture the entire diversity of existing African film cultures, this collection, which has resulted from African film conferences organized by the University of Westminster, United Kingdom, has recognized the significance and urgency of this task. The book offers a unique engagement with widened African film ‘cultures’ in the context of diverse peoples, histories, geographies, languages and changing film production cultures shaped by audiences and users at home and in the diaspora. The volume is a significant contribution to the processes of representing the self and other, as well as the emergence of alternative, non-official dialogues, circulation and consumption, including on social media. Students, researchers, film policy makers, film producers, distributors and anyone else with an interest in African screen media will find in the book useful and readable analyses of socio-political factors that affect and are shaped by African film.
History Of Friedrich Ii Of Prussia Called Frederick The Great
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Author : Thomas Carlyle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1865
History Of Friedrich Ii Of Prussia Called Frederick The Great written by Thomas Carlyle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1865 with categories.
At Stake
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Author : Edward Ingebretsen
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2001
At Stake written by Edward Ingebretsen and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Family & Relationships categories.
Anyone who reads the papers or watches the evening news is all too familiar with how variations of the word monster are used to describe unthinkable acts of violence. Jeffrey Dahmer, Timothy McVeigh, and O. J. Simpson were all monsters if we are to believe the mass media. Even Bill Clinton was depicted with the term during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. But why is so much energy devoted in our culture to the making of monsters? Why are Americans so transfixed by transgression? What is at stake when the exclamatory gestures of horror films pass for descriptive arguments in courtrooms, ethical speech in political commentary, or the bedrock of mainstream journalism? In a study that is at once an analysis of popular culture, a polemic on religious and secular rhetoric, and an ethics of representation, Edward Ingebretsen searches for answers. At Stake explores the social construction of monstrousness in public discourse-tabloids, television, magazines, sermons, and popular fiction. Ingebretsen argues that the monster serves a moralizing function in our culture, demonstrating how not to be in order to enforce prevailing standards of behavior and personal conduct. The boys who shot up Columbine High School, for instance, personify teen rebellion taken perilously too far. Susan Smith, the South Carolinian who murdered her two children, embodies the hazards of maternal neglect. Andrew Cunanan, who killed Gianni Versace, among others, characterizes the menace of predatory sexuality. In a biblical sense, monsters are not unlike omens from the gods. The dreadful consequences of their actions inspire fear in our hearts, and warn us by example.